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The bite between my thighs tingled. The door flew open. A dark blur barreled out. Moonlight glinted in a pair of black glasses half hidden underneath a mop of blond hair. Strong arms enveloped me, and suddenly I was floating, adrift into safety, far away from that stroll through a not-so-lovely night.
Chapter Six
Ijerked awake. Theroom came into focus one slow blink at a time. Hovering above my face was Eddie, fangs bared, eyes glowing red, but that wasn’t what twisted my stomach. A long drop of blood trickled down his wrist, which he held over my mouth. I already tasted something on my lips, like blood, but sweeter.
Eddie’s worried gaze came into focus next. “I have to give you more, Sunshine. It’s this or the hospital. You’re bleeding too much, and your slayer healing isn’t kicking in fast enough.”
That was his blood I tasted. Vampire blood. I didn’t know the exact consequences for a slayer to drink vamp blood, but I didn’t exactly have time for a trip to Eddie’s library to find out.
“Vampire...” I breathed.
He shook his head, able to read my doubts from that one simple word. “You’re the slayer. It takes a lot more than vampire blood to turn you into one of us.”
Trusting him more than most anyone, I opened my mouth, and he settled his wrist on my lips. The sweet, cool nectar rolled down over my tongue, perking every taste bud along the way. Power surged down my throat toward the hole near my heart, leaving behind a numb, pleasant feeling. The power sank lower into my belly, and then lower still, gathering at my inner thighs near where Eddie had bitten me.
I moaned into his wrist and went to bring my hands over it to keep feeding from him, but they were caught above my head by something unseen. Rough skin grazed my palms, fueling the power like a welcomed distraction. Was that Sawyer, out of sight and quiet, keeping me from touching Eddie while I drank from him?
Eddie’s red eyes darkened as he gazed down at me, hungry as if sensing exactly where his blood had gone inside me. I wanted to beg him to touch me, to feel his power throbbing inside my pussy, but I couldn’t tear my mouth away from his wrist. My body writhed, and even though Sawyer—and Jacek?—was there, too, I only had eyes for Eddie right then. It was his blood inside me. Maybe it was the blood high talking, but I needed him inside me, too.
“Okay. That’s good,” he rasped and gently pulled his wrist back. He locked eyes with me as he slowly licked the spot on his arm I’d been attached to.
I whimpered for the same kind of attention, but my eyelids suddenly grew heavy, too heavy to keep open. Dreams pulled me under even deeper, all of them about Eddie, my wild bookworm vampire, fucking me every which way, even sideways. His blood was a sex drug, like a pill for the slayer that cranked my dial from horny to porn star in 0.7 seconds.
Sometime later, I moaned myself awake, panting in a dark room. Soft sheets touched my skin, and I realized I was naked. Naked and alone. Well, that just wouldn’t do.
Gingerly, I reached below the sheet, patting for any holes that shouldn’t be there. Everything on my chest felt normal, though flushed hot and aching. Just to take the edge off, I touched for holes that should be there, and sank two fingers into the one that pulsed with need. Oh.Fuck, I was wet. I grinded against my palm and drove my fingers in deeper, but what I really wanted was Eddie. Surely he was here somewhere.
I climbed out of bed, double checking to make sure there wasn’t any pain in my body, and then crept toward the sliver of light underneath the closed door. After pulling it open a crack, I realized I was across the hall from the library upstairs. There was another door next to this one, half closed with warm, welcoming light spilling from inside.
Was that Eddie in there? My breathing snagged at the thought of him so close, and I floated toward the door in a sort of sexual trance. It wasn’t until my fist was poised to knock that I realized I was still naked. Oh well. It would save us time. That was just good forethought right there.
“Come in, Sunshine.” His voice sounded from inside, rawer and deeper than usual, and it unfurled his blood inside me like a powerful song. It stormed to every part of me, leaving me breathless with want.
I barged in there like it was mating season for bigfoots, but then I stopped. Even in my haze, I had to appreciate the view. He lay in bed, his back propped against pillows on the headboard, with a laptop within easy reach and a book in one hand. A perfect six-pack rippled up the expanse of his stomach, and defined pecs and well-muscled shoulders rounded off his torso into an A+ package. He’d put his fangs away, which was a shame, but the way he looked at me, his amber eyes ablaze, tingled the bite between my legs so much I clenched my knees together. A sheet pooled low around his waist, showing most of the sharp V of his hip bones. And underneath the sheet, pressing hard against it in high-definition was his long, rigid cock.
I’d never seen Eddie naked before, but it should definitely be a constant thing.
